35mm slide converter product reviews

Overall the Jumbl is not that much different than the Wolverine models below as far as formats that can be scanned. And when it comes to Jumbl vs Wolverine, the Jumbl is more affordable. The downfalls of this unit are the same when considering all converters vs scanners — image quality and output are limited. For speed and price though, the Jumbl remains a viable option. The Titan 8-in-1 is the current bestselling Wolverine scanner.

It also has an almost 2x larger screen for viewing digital captures. The unit is compact despite that larger viewing screen and can be used with any computer Mac or PC. Like the other converters here, the Wolverine Titan is essentially a camera that takes pictures of the film or slides that are loaded into it.

This does not always produce the quality that some people desire. These types of machines are meant for primarily for speed, reduced footprint and cost over a traditional scanner. The only concerns when it comes to the conversion process is the quality, convenience, and affordability. DigitNow certainly takes care of the last concern, but how does it fare when it comes to immortalizing your ancient 35mm slides, and its efficiency in doing that? And you can plug it into your TV for an even greater convenience.

All the images will be stored to an SD card, for up to 32GB of capacity. If you are looking for something simple and affordable, the DigitNow is worth evaluating. The Magnasonic Converter has an in-built 2. The same goes for the integrated photo editing software. The Magnasonic Converter has several film profiles which offer enhanced color rendition and restoration. In any case, the results would be better than if you got your films resolved in the now ancient and obsolete dark room chamber.

As far as the quality of the scan goes, the Magnasonic Converter is a beast with its 22MP premium scanning resolution.

The built-in memory of MB is sufficient enough for about photos, and if you need more, the easy-to-use SD card slot expansion will be handy when you are ready to transfer your digitized images into a smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. The Wolverine F2D Mighty was along running favorite for digitizing slides. This unit has an internal memory or can be used with an SD card for expanded use.

If you are looking for an affordable and quick method for converting film, slides or negatives to digital images then the F2D Mighty is a great option. You can read my full Wolverine F2D Mighty review or see what Amazon reviewers have to say at the link below. The Clearclick Virtuoso is kind of the new kid in town as far as slide scanners. Like the other scanners, slides and film are loaded into the unit and the resulting image is saved to the machine and later loaded to a computer for archiving.

It does provide extras that the other converters do not like an SD card and photo-editing software. It also claims to provide a 22MP resolution. The Ion Pics2SD is a bit different than the other units described thus far. If your family keepsakes include old photos and slides, then this unit may be better suited to you.

The ability to scan pictures definitely makes this Ion unit unique. But if you are primarily interested in slide scanning, the lower resolution and larger footprint are not ideal.

And of course, if you need to also scan film or larger slide formats, this unit will not work for you at all. These slide and film scanner reviews should be a great way for you to determine the kind of machine that you want and that you are able to afford. Now you will be able to take all of those memoirs that you had stored in boxes and upload them to your computer, website or social media pages.

We recommend that you invest on the best quality you can find if you have a large collection of slides or films that need to be converted to a digital format. Please guide me to purchase a film scanner which can be used professionally without hampering the quality of the scanned output to even the slightest. It should automatically remove the dust and scratches of the original and give a sharp and vivid output to the fullest satisfaction of the customer.

I would like to use it for business purpose. Kindly also let me know the price of the same. The Epson have Digital Ice which is created to remove dust and scratches.

Use a drum scanner. Find a big room to put it in, and spend a lot of time learning how to use it. Used, expect to pay several thousand and make sure it works before purchase.

Imacon are marketed as drum scanners. They are not. Epson V whatever, Nikon coolscan, Plustek are not professional devices. They barely get above optical dpi and 3. Fine for home use, not for professional results. Gosh Joe, we have All done with Nikon Coolscans. Everything in this list and your suggestions is utterly trash. I sold my V3xx and bought the V, and boy was I ticked off when the images looked the same!! The Nikons were so good that they appreciated in value more than twice inflation.

You have a better chance of seeing God than finding one of these models, parts-complete in the original box. The reason why junk scanners sell is because almost no one alive remembers what a slide through a projector looks like compared to a JPEG on a monitor.

A 4K monitor? More like 4, times worse than seeing a real slide in person. Drum scanners? Thanks, Harold for the real life what scanner to buy tip!

Some of these comments make my head spin. Would your suggestions of the Epson v or Epson v be the same for scanning old slides and negatives in museum collections? We have a large number of slides and negatives we need to scan to digital that are in our collections, several from long term archaeological projects done in the s to s. Most of slide film used was Kodachrome. We will be scanning to a new iMac.

The Epson v, V or V are great for scanning tons of old slides and film negatives. What I like about the Epson is its Digital Ice technology which automatically removes dust, hair, scratches or other obstructions.

The PowerSlide is also good option only for 35mm slide scanning. It can scan slide by batch up to 50 slides nonstop at a time. It depends on what you mean by large number. You will not get dust removal so you will need to unmount the slides and clean them. It might take a week to unmount and clean slides. Only silverfast studio AI has dust and scratch removal for kodachrome. Also Kodachrome images will come out blueish unless you use an IT8 target for color. I would spend a week unmounting the slides and cleaning them and then use the dust and scratch removal in photoshop to fix the rest.

I have already scanned multiple thousands of 35mm slide scans using a flatbed photo scanner no longer available HP Scanjet G that was many times faster than the work you describe and more than met the needs of my customers.

You might have to actually learn some stuff. Hi, I have the Epson v to scan my 35 mm negatives. Is there a device that does such a thing? Do you mean previewing the negatives? Try the Loupe Magnifiers. Hi, I use the V also. I guess it might be useful if you have hundreds of 35mm negs like I do. I just look with a loupe on my lightbox and then scan the strip on the V and keep the ones I like.

My job: present each family member a CD with pictures and history. Is there a scanner or process that would make this easier? Any thoughts on which scanner or software that would help me save our family history as Dad intended? Thank you so much. It is actually the software that can append those captions. You can do the caption through Photoshop. I have a chance to pick up the Nikon at a fair price. Thank you. The Epson V is rather advanced than the Nikon Coolscan.

The Epson V is not just a film and slide scanner but also a photo and document scanner. Though both use Digital Ice which is a great feature for fixing those scratches on images. Is there a special insert for metal slide jackets that I can order or do I have to remove each slide from the metal jacket?

I also have inherited thousands of slides in jackets and magazines. Above reply mentions removing the jackets which appears to be a tedious exercise. Any suggestions on how to do it? Whats the real difference in the V and the F? I mean money is not the issue however the resolutions seem about the same. I am going to do a family project of 1, of photos and want the best quality. I was thinking of the FF but that idea is blown out of the water because most photos are in a folder.

The Epson v and v have superb image quality output. What I like about these scanners is its digital ice features which detects and corrects scratches and removes dust on photos. However using the digital ice makes the scanning slow. On the other hand, the F Mark II is also great scanner.

It is simple and easy to use. However the scans are not that excellent but not bad either. In terms of energy efficiency, there is an Epson v which is Energy Star Certified. I have Windows 10 on my laptop. Any advice would be appreciated. What I would recommend is to debug.

Uninstall the drivers and try to install it one by one. I have no conflicts between two drivers installed on the same OS. Thanks for that. Maybe it was just a HP thing. I just tried and returned the Jumbl 22MP. I got it to replace an older Jumbl 5 MP, hoping for better resolution.

The new Jumbl often got colors badly wrong — yellow or green in excess. The older Jumbl scanned the same negatives without problems. The 5MP Jumbl is fast and easy. The Jumble 22MP was a disappointment — perhaps I just got a bad unit.

I have an old Konica-Minolta Dimage scanner, however that software is no longer supported and does not work in Windows. It is also a very slow slide scanner. Have you tried to clean the lens of Jumbl 22MP or the films you want to scan? You can preview the image first and adjust the color and exposure. Regarding with batch slide scanning, the PowerSlide is a good option while Wolverine F2D Mighty 20MP 7-in-1 or is a good for fast 35mm film scanning.

I usually choose the autofeed scanners rather than flatbed when scanning hundreds of films. Is there another scanner that will do batch? You will be amazed by its scanning speed but the output is not good.

I use the autofeed scanners when scanning multiple films and slides. The PowerSlide is by far the best option for batch scanning. Can you recommend a stand alone scanner for photos? I am trying to digitize a photo collection for my hometown Historical Society and would like higher res stand alone photo scanning on site that I can clean up later on my computer.

Hi, I will be starting a project of scanning thousands of family 35mm negatives and slides. I am in the market for a high end scanner that has an output that allows for image manipulation in Adobe CC. Should I be looking for a scanner that produces RAW files? What would you suggest?

Do you need fast scanning method or just the typical flatbed or auto fed scanners? This limits you to a few options. Plustek makes OK scanners, the Pacific Image PrimeFilmXA is a few notches higher output—it deals with darker slides better and has adjustable focus. Upgrade to silverfast AI studio. It makes a difference in output as it allows focusing for the Pacific Image and also produces high bit raw files. Get your negatives perfectly flat. Lay heavy books on top of them for several weeks to flatten the film.

Sort your slides by type-kodachrome, ektachrome, fujichrome, etc. Buy an IT8 target slide for better color-and use the auto calibrate function in Silverfast. Each particular scanner will produce slightly different color. DO not use infrared dust removal for kodachrome slides-it does not work properly.

Buy a fast computer with a large SSD drive. Silverfast produces very large RAW files mbmb a piece. I have , lots, maybe thousands of photos and negatives, and some slides that I want to digitize. I am not too concern about resolution. Enough for uploading to Facebook or view online. Speed is of the essence, or my key concern.

I think I probably have negatives for my print photos. Hence, if I can get something that can scan negatives and slides quickly, that is good enough for me. Ideally something that can feed negative strips quickly.

If that can load on its own in batches without me watching over it, all the more better. I have read the above reviews quickly but am unsure which meets the above criteria. Thanks for any advice. Both are fast scanners. I would like to have a scanner which produces good colours and is fast, which one would you recommend?

However, there is also options to adjust color and exposure like the Jumbl 22MP. On the other hand, beautiful scanned images are not created just through scanning directly but there are software to optimize the color, saturation, exposure etc.

So much choice and so many mixed reviews! I have Windows 10 now. The Epson v is a great choice if you want it to be connected to your computer. However, if you want a stand alone that requires no computer connection, the Jumbl 22MP or Wolverine F2D are the best, for entry to mid level at least.

It is brand new — never used. Do you know anything about it? I am using a 64mb SC card but it keeps telling me the memory card is full when the card is empty.

I even tried reformatting it. Also do you know where I can get technical support since it is an older product? Do you mean SD card? And where did you buy the scanner? Go for the Epson V It has an excellent resolution and can accommodate for that size. If you have that much of negatives, I say scan at a time.

The V requires that I snip the roll into short strips, scanning I guess 6 frames each time, and then have film strips instead of a roll. That is labor intensive, slow, and undesirable results of possibly having the strips out of order. That is why I am not considering a flat bed scanned of which I have 2 high resolution ones. Other suggestion for something that can handle a roll?

I understand, but try the Wolverine F2D. Be sure to clean your negatives first for best results. That scanner will handle a bunch of films and it is fast. What do you think? If there are no signs of production slowing, it can be worth buying now to enjoy your investment sooner.

But if output is declining and prices are predicted to rise, you might want to wait until the buzz has died down before making a choice. Each has advantages and disadvantages. You can tell if you need or want a 35mm slide converters by looking at your existing inventory. This is a fun and easy approach to finish your task. But there are so many! How can you know which is best? You need not be concerned because Aids Quilt has your back. Our trained staff is here to help you find what works for you.

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Our Editor 10 35mm slide converters Review:. Buy on Amazon. Features : Includes adjustable rapid slide feeder; Once you digitize them into JPG files they can be copied, moved, duplicated freely with a simple click of a mouse.

Use the included brush to also clean the light box of dust and speckles, to avoid marks on the scanned images. Additional Info : Item Dimensions Height 4.

Sharper Image Slide and Negative Converter. Features : The Slide and Negative Converter makes it easy to digitize and share your old 35mm slides and film negatives. Simply place your media into the included holder and slide the holder into the device. Use the built-in color screen to see the images and adjust the exposure. Memory card included.

Easy to operate for elderly. Additional Info : Item Dimensions Height 0. Auto Batch Scan. For software, it possess clean simple scanning interface, allows for convenient labeling and numbering of each batch of slides for better archiving and organization Superior Image Quality — With advanced 10,dpi optical resolution, bit data conversion, Dmax 4. Additional Info : Item Dimensions Height 9.